NearPod - The Nearpod platform enables teachers to use their iPads to manage content on students' iOS devices. It combines presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools into one integrated solution.

Autism Apps - must have app for anyone working in special education. Searchable apps in over 30 different categories

TEACHER TOOLS

Remind - safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents.

Story Wheel- “Story Wheel” is an educational game that improves your child’s cognitive abilities. Players record a story by spinning the wheel to get a picture, and then narrate a portion of the story. When done, you can listen to your story with beautifully animated pictures.

Fotobabble - EASY. quickly and easily add your voice to photos and sihare with others. Great for quick and easy home school communication

Sock Puppets- Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synchs to your voice. Many possibilities, lots of fun!

Toontastic- Fantastic tool for creating animated stories. “Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a Creative Learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons through imaginative play.”

PicCollage - combine with Fotobabble to create audio picture collages as alternative method for demonstrating learning. Can use own photos or images from the web. very easy to use.

MATH TOOLS

Splash Math - each app is for a different elementary school grade level. (Full versions cost $9.99 but many features available in free version)

MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS

inPromptu - “inPromptu helps people of all ages learn new skills by watching video clips of others doing the skill. The person watches a series of video clips, each of which shows a part of the skill. By watching each clip, a person can learn even fairly complex skills quickly. As users learn the skill, they can choose how many clips to watch together, or they can watch the video of the entire skill. New skills are being added all the time..”